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NEW DELHI: General Motors India today said it is expecting sales to pick up during the festival season after flat sales over the past eight months. "We are expecting an incremental growth of five to ten per cent during the festive season," General Motors Vice- President (Corporate Affairs) P Balendran told reporters. Speaking on the sidelines of annual convention of Automotive Component Manufacturers Association of India (ACMA) here, he said that the company is aiming for a growth rate at par with the industry.

NEW DELHI: Car maker General Motors India today reported an increase of 6.74 per cent in sales for December 2011 at 9,039 units. The company had sold 8,468 units in the same month of the previous year, General Motors India said in a statement. In December, last year, the company had sold 1,365 Spark hatchbacks, 486 Cruze sedans and 4,796 units of its latest compact car offering Beat, it added. It also sold 191 units of entry-level sedan Aveo, 227 units of mid-sized sedan Optra, 1,927 units of multi-utility vehicle Tavera and 47 units of its Captiva SUV. "We have been able to sustain the growth primarily due to the encouraging response to Chevrolet Beat . Other carlines like Spark, Cruze and Tavera have also generated substantial volumes for the company," GM India Vice President P Balendran said.

NEW DELHI: General Motors India today reported 39.82 per cent increase in sales at 8,500 units in May 2013. The company had sold 6,079 units in the same month of 2012, General Motors India said in a statement. The sales during May 2013 include 1,506 units of Beat, 2,851 units of Sail, 2,177 units of Enjoy and 1,475 units of Tavera, it added. "We were able to register the 40 per cent growth only because of the good response to our newly launched vehicles - Chevrolet SAIL and Chevrolet Enjoy ," GM India Vice-President P Balendran said.

NEW DELHI: General Motors India will begin exporting vehicles from India with Chile slated to be its first overseas market . The company will initially export left-hand-drive Chevrolet Beat to Chile. The production of export vehicles will commence at the Talegaon Plant in the second half of 2014, with sales commencing in Chile in the first quarter of 2015, GM India said in a statement. Commenting on the move, GM India President and Managing Director Arvind Saxena said: "The start of Beat exports underlines GM's commitment to India and demonstrates the quality of the country's growing supplier base.

BANGALORE: General Motors (GM) India said on Monday it has crossed the one-lakh unit sales mark in a calendar year for the first time since its inception in the country. The company achieved the feat on November 27, meeting its yearly target with over a month still to go. It has registered growth of more than 63 per cent from January to November 2010, compared to the corresponding period last year. It has crossed the 100,000-unit mark in this period, as against 61,321 units sold in the same period last year, the company said in a statement.

MUMBAI: Post the consolidation of its international operations, US car maker General Motors Indian subsidiary is being looked at as a key global sourcing base for its small cars. GM India has now put in place an integrated export strategy, a first in its 18 years in India, for Beat, its small car. ET learns General Motors India plans to kick-start export of Beat small car to Latin America from the second half of 2014. The company will start the shipment with Chile in October an approximately 2,000 to 2,500 units of Beat will be exported, before the company adds Mexico, Peru, CAC (Central American and Caribbean countries in 2015)

KOLKATA: Even after getting a strong feedback from market for luxury brand Cadillac, GM India has shelved plans to launch it in the Indian market, a company official said. "We have completed a survey on Cadillac and I must say it is having a strong brand recognition," GM India president and managing director Karl Slym said. Slym, however, said that the company was not willing to sell the Cadillac brand in India which GM owns worldwide. "We want to focus on Chevrolet at the moment for which GM India had invested a fortune on building infrastructure like plants," Slym told reporters here at the launch of the diesel version of the small car Beat.

NEW DELHI: General Motors India today reported a marginal increase in sales for November at 8,440 units as compared to the same month last year. The company had sold 8,376 units in the same month last year, General Motors India said in a statement. GM India Vice-President P Balendran said the company has been able to grow sales despite the sluggish market on the back of its hatchback Beat. "Other car-lines like Cruze and Tavera have also generated the volumes on the expected lines.

KOLKATA: Upbeat about prospects of its new models, General Motors India today said it was hopeful of crossing the one lakh car mark this year. "We are hopeful of one lakh car sales this year," GM India director sales Vikas Jain said here today. Jain said the new SUV model Enjoy is the third from GM's Chinese partnership with Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation ( SAIC ). The positioning of Enjoy and that of GM's existing SUV Tavera are completely different, according to officials.

NEW DELHI: General Motors India today reported a marginal increase in its sales in October at 10,062 units as compared to the same month last year. The company had recorded sales of 10,051 units in the corresponding month last year, General Motors India said in a statement. During last month, the company sold 1,797 units of small car Spark , 5,328 units of hatchback Beat, 182 units of entry level sedan Aveo , 236 units of mid-sized sedan Optra and 732 units of luxury sedan Cruze.